National News

Presidential Amnesty Programme: Ex-agitators Warn Contractors

By Ebi Perekeme  Ex-agitators under the First Phase have warned firms willing to approach the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for contracts to brace up for tough times saying it will no longer be business as usual under the programme’s Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd). The National Secretary, First Phase Ex-Agitators, Pastor Nature Dumale,

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News Oil & Gas

Chevron Nigeria Appoints new Communications Manager

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the NNPC/CNL Joint Venture has announced the appointment of a new Communications Manager in its Policy, Government and Public Affairs Department (PGPA). He is Mr. Victor Anyaegbudike. Until his appointment, Mr. Anyaegbudike was the External Communications Coordinator for CNL. Victor holds a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication from Enugu

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National News

Abuja on High Alert Over Reports of Impending Terror Attack

According to the Sun, soldiers have since been placed on alert and have been deployed to strategic locations to mount security checkpoints, monitor, prevent and arrest potential attackers. It was gathered that security measures have been beefed up all over the city. The Nigerian military obtained security reports late Tuesday which indicated that attackers were

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National News

Supreme court fixes date to hear RSG suit against ceding oil wells to Imo

The Supreme Court has fixed January 17, 2022 to hear the application challenging the jurisdiction of the court and the main suit, in the case instituted by the Rivers State Government, seeking to stop the Federal Government from ceding 17 oil wells in the state, to Imo State. The seven-man panel led by Justice Kudirat

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National News

FHC orders FG to pay arrears of 13% derivation sum to Delta state 

By Enaibo Asiayei  A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $1.638 billion to the Delta State Government being 13 percent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue payable to the oil-rich state. Justice Donatus Okorowo, while delivering the judgment, held that being a suit instituted to recover revenue accruing

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National News

Fraudulent sale of Delta Steel Company: House of Reps begin investigation 

By Ebi Perekeme The House of Representatives Committee on Steel Development has commenced investigation into the alleged fraudulent sale of the Delta Steel Company. To this end, it invited the Managing Director of the new owner – Premium Steel – to appear before it Wednesday and explain the company’s role in the alleged mismanagement of the assets worth

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National News

[BREAKING] Bandits break into UNIABUJA, abduct staff

By Gbenga Nicholas  Gunmen Suspected to be bandits have Kidnapped some staff of the University of Abuja on Tuesday. It was learnt that sporadic gunshots started at 12:14am before some members staff were whisked away. However the number of officials abducted from the university cannot be acertained yet The university has confirmed the development but

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National News

EFCC arrests Obi Cubana for money laundering

Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering.  The Anambra-born club owner,  who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, is currently being interrogated by operatives of the commission. Though allegations against the socialite

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National News

Itsekiri group issue warnings over plan to remove 13 percent derivation fund

The Itsekiri Liberation Group, ILG, has issued strongly worded warnings over alleged plans by 59 northern legislators to amend the 1999 Constitution and remove the 13% derivation fund to the Niger Delta. Arising from an emergency meeting of the group, the ILG said through its chairman, Comrade Mone Oris, and the secretary – Comrade Ajofotan

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National News

Udengs Eradiri condemns kidnap of expatriate in Bayelsa 

The Special Adviser on Youth to the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has condemned in strong terms the kidnapping of an expatriate in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The expatriate simply known as Mr Rony is an engineer with PAACHE Construction Limited, the contractor handling the 4.5-kilometer Igbedi Road

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Bayelsa News

Chevron host communities leadership tussle deepens as 6 members are suspended 

The leadership tussle of KEFFES Rural Development Foundation, the umbrella body of eight host communities of Chevron Nigeria Limited Exploration activities in Southern Ijaw and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State has assumed a new dimension with the suspension of six persons for forming a parallel executive council. KEFESS is a foundation representing the

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Delta News

Tension mounts between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja over death of pastor 

There is palpable tension between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities in Warri Southwest and Udu council areas of Delta State following the death of a pastor, Sylvester Yerinbide on Saturday. Yerinbide, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who hailed from Ogbe-Ijoh, was reportedly attacked on Friday night by yet-to-be identified persons while

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Bayelsa News

Gov. Diri declares November 2 work-free day in Bayelsa

By Ebi Perekeme  The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has declared Tuesday November 2, 2021 as work-free day. This is to enable workers in the public and private sectors actively take part in the state’s Annual Thanksgiving service. Diri announced the decision through a ‘Government Special Announcement’ issued on Monday in Yenagoa by

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National News

PAP: Dikio unveils action plan for Niger Delta ex-agitators

The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has unveiled his next plan for ex-agitators, saying he will focus on wealth creation, leveraging on partnerships that will have positive effects on the economy of the Niger Delta and the country at large. He said having laid the foundation in his first

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National News

Timi Frank urges AGF Malami to resign over invasion of Justice Odili’s house

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Timi Frank has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to resign over his embarrassment and selective targeting of judicial officers from the South. He condemned in strong terms the illegal invasion of the house of the

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National News

N621bn Road Intervention: NNPC gives breakdown of project costs

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday released a detailed breakdown of how it planned to spend the N621.2billion tax liabilities on federal roads in the country. The Federal Executive Council (FEC)  on Wednesday gave the corporation the go-ahead to spend the N621.2billion tax liabilities on the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the

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National News Politics

PDP CONVENTION: Secondus fights back, heads to supreme court

Dissatisfied with the ruling of the Court of Appeal, the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has vowed to head to the Supreme Court. He said no abuse of the constitution of PDP should be allowed to stand. ALSO READ: Court strikes out Secondus suit to stop PDP convention

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National News

Wike storms Mary Odili’s home in Abuja after raid by security agents

Governor of Rivers state, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has arrived at the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. The governor arrived minutes after army and police operatives stormed the home of the supreme court justice. ALSO READ: Security operatives invade Justice Odili’s residence in Abuja The security operatives, who came with a

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National News

Security operatives invade Justice Odili’s residence in Abuja

Security operatives, on Friday, conducted a search on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court, in Abuja. The supreme court justice is the wife of Peter Odili, a former governor of Rivers state, who is currently on the watchlist of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The security operatives, who were made

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National News

GbaramatuVoice Publisher, Abai bags Media Personality of the Year Award

By Beauty Sobai The Publisher of GbaramatuVoice, a leading newspaper in the Niger Delta, Jacob Abai has been honoured with 2021 Media Personality of the Year Award. The Award was bestowed on him by Arogbo-Ibe Entertainers during a colourful event held at the Arogbo cultural centre in Ondo State. According to the organiser, Abai was

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National News Politics

[BREAKING] Court strikes out Secondus suit to stop PDP convention

The suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus’ appealed seeking an interim injunction to restrain the PDP from conducting its national convention billed for Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, 2021, in Abuja has been dismissed. An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, three-man panel on Friday dismissed the appeal which

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News WORLD NEWS

[BREAKING] Facebook changes name to ‘Meta’

Facebook, a US multinational company, has changed its name to ‘Meta’. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook, announced the name change in a statement issued on Thursday. According to him, the change of name will reflect the company’s efforts on rebranding its future operations. “To reflect who we are and the

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News Ondo Politics

Game on in Ondo State as Mimiko, Ajayi Dump ZLP, Join PDP

The immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, and the governorship candidate of ZLP in the last election and immediate past Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. The running mate of the ZLP’s candidate, Engr. Gboye Adegbenro, also joined the main opposition party. Mimiko, after the stakeholders

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National News

Police open fire on protesting Niger Delta students in Benin

The Protest by the Niger Delta students at the Benin head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation has taken a different twist this Thursday as one of the female Protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the police attached to the corporation. The students had embarked on peaceful protest after

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National News

‘We are resuming protest to demand susbtantive board for NDDC’ – Niger Delta Youths tell Akpabio

Youths from the South-South have notified the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of their intentions to resume their suspended protest to demand a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youths, under the auspices of the South-South Youths Initiative (SSYI), in August occupied the headquarters of NDDC in Port

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Edo News

Edo govt has neglected us, Ijaw communities cry out

By Ebi Perekeme  At least two hundred Ijaw communities in Ikpoba-Okha, Ovia North East and Ovia South West Local Government Areas of Edo State, have said that their means of livelihood is been threatened over their neglect by successive governments of the state. The Secretary of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Western zone, Comrade Omaghomi Olu-Derimon disclosed this

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News Oil & Gas

Akwa-Ibom: Exxon-Mobil ex-workers petition Tompolo, Clark over N11.4bn terminal benefits

A total of 1,444 disengaged workers of ExxonMobil in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, have called on relevant stakeholders to prevail on the oil multinational for the payment of their terminal benefits of N11.4billion, else they will take the laws into their hands. The aggrieved ex-workers particularly called on ex-militants leaders, Government Ekpemupolo, Asari Dokubo and

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PDP Crisis: Appeal Court Adjourns Secondus Case till Thursday for Hearing

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has adjourned for hearing and possibly ruling on the appeal filed by the suspended national chairman of the PDP till Thursday. At the resumed hearing Tuesday, PDP lawyers asked for time to respond to the appeal, but the Court of Appeal judges refused to grant their request,

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National News

Niger Delta leaders demand increase in derivation fund to 50 percent

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) says it has been mandated by people of the Niger Delta to request an upward review of the derivation allocation from its present 13 per cent to 50 per cent. The apex South-South socio-cultural group made the disclosure in a communique issued following an emergency general assembly held virtually on

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Cross River News

Cross River: Ex-militants block Governor Ayade’s office, demand payment of 3 years allowance

In the early hours of Monday, October 25, 2021, former members of the Bakassi Strike Force, BSF numbering about 150, blocked the entrance to the Cross River State Governor’s office in protest of unpaid allowances and the government’s inability to fulfil the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU it signed with them since 2018. The agitators who

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National News Rivers

Nigerian Navy launches four new ballistic gunboats in Niger Delta

The Nigerian Navy on Monday launched four new ballistics gunboats to boost its fight against oil theft and sea robbery, which have been commonplace in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, inducted the gunboats on behalf of the Nigerian Navy in Lagos. Irabor said at the induction that the four

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2023: Ovie Omo-Agege is next Delta Governor, APC declares

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has declared that the party would produce the next Governor of the state which is the person of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, describing Fred Latimore, the Executive Assistant to Governor Okowa on Communication as a man deserving of mental evaluation and should not be

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2023 Presidency: South South Group Mobilises Support for Amaechi

A group, National Coordinator of Frontier for Peace and Unity (FPU), has canvassed support for the presidential candidacy of the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The National Coordinator, FPU, Mrs Ikalama Owadiktorusinya, said in Buguma, Rivers, on Monday that the group had adopted Amaechi, after consulting widely

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National News

Niger Delta Ministry seeks inclusion of East-West road to SUKUK issuance programme

Concerned by the security and safety of commuters, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has proposed an extra-budgetary intervention for the inclusion of the East-West road sections I-IV in the 2021 SUKUK issuance programme of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning also the Debt Management Office (DMO). Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio

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Maritime News

British Navy Warship Arrives Nigeria [VIDEO]

[VIDEO] https://youtu.be/wHyDF1SvgmA British Naval ship, HMS Trent, and her embarked contingent of Royal Marines from 42 Commando, have arrived in Lagos as part of their three-month deployment to the Gulf of Guinea.  Lagos is the first port that HMS Trent is visiting in the Gulf of Guinea, and the second port the ship has visited

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